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Fire Commission presses department for formal response to civil grand jury inspection report
Summary
The San Francisco Fire Commission set a timeframe for the departmentto respond to a civil grand jury report on residential fire inspections, asked for implementation details and proposed a joint task force with the Department of Building Inspection to improve coordination and transparency.
The San Francisco Fire Commission on Aug. 24 pressed the San Francisco Fire Department to provide a detailed response to a civil grand jury report titled "Fire safety inspections in San Francisco, a tale of two departments." Commissioners said the report raised concerns about inspection practices, complaint tracking and transparency and set a formal response deadline to the Board of Supervisors of Sept. 16.
Vice President Ken Cleveland opened the discussion by calling the report "disturbing" and asking the department to identify the Fire Safety Task Force's top recommendations and the status of their implementation. "I have a slew of questions," Cleveland said, and asked that the chief and fire…
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